I Kinda Like Me

I Kinda Like Me is the ninth album by Gloria Gaynor. It failed to make an impact because of the then current, now defunct Disco backlash. Includes the single, "Let's Mend What's Been Broken." "I Love You Cause" was dedicated to her then husband and manager, Linwood M. Simon.

I Kinda Like Me
Studio album by Gloria Gaynor
Released	June 15, 1981
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia
Genre	Disco, R&B
Label	Polydor
Producer	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen
Gloria Gaynor chronology
Stories (1980) I Kinda Like Me (1981) Gloria Gaynor (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

This album was reissued on CD in Japan by Polydor (POCP-2182).

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Kinda Like Me"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	6:12
2.	"Fingers in the Fire"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	3:20
3.	"Let's Mend What's Been Broken"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen	4:27
4.	"Yesterday We Were Like Buddies"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen	5:52

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I Can Stand the Pain"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	4:26
6.	"I Love You Cause"	Gloria Gaynor, Eddie Sierra	5:02
7.	"When You Get Around to It"	Gloria Gaynor, Pam Tillis, Dana Thomas	3:58
8.	"Chasin' Me into Somebody Else's Arms"	Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams	5:16
9.	"The Story of the Joneses"	Alfie Davison, Meri Merriwether, Ted Lehrman	3:26

Personnel

• Gloria Gaynor - lead vocals
• Dennis Harris, Eddie Sierra, Roland Chambers - guitar
• Jimmy Williams - bass guitar
• Jerry Cohen - keyboards, synthesizer
• Keith Benson - drums
• Daryl Burgee - bongos
• Sam Peake - saxophone, horn arrangements
• Don Renaldo - string arrangements
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton - backing vocals

Technical

• Dirk Devlin - engineer
• Robert L. Heimall - art direction
• Anthony Barboza - photography

External links

• I Kinda Like Me at Discogs (list of releases)